34 Replies | Jump to bottom Add a Reply. 1  Report Abuse I can only speak about pet sitters. 2  Report Abuse In my area they charged about $25 a day for our little cat. 3  Report Abuse In Philadelphia, we pay our house sitter $40 per night.  Report Abuse I pay $25. per day to have a employee/friend stay overnight and watch my dog and 2 cats, check mail, take messages and handle all else that may arise - he had to get the furnace people in to get the house heated one year in mid winter. We also pay him 50.
(I always tell travelers that the most dangerous portion of any trip is the car ride to the airport!) Even if trouble starts brewing around Taksim, Istanbul is a huge city and dangerous demonstrations can be easily avoided, as they were earlier this summer.
I checked the US state department website, and there is no specific travel advisory. But in the general listing for Jordan there are the usual caveats. The ironic thing is that the warnings for Turkey are now a lot worse than Jordan due to the embassy bombings in Istanbul. do realize that ANY travel can be unsafe, but obviously there is a bit of extra tension at the moment -- particularly now that the US government is beginning to hassle Iran as well. We are going in late June, so thanks for mentioning the tour Suzanne, but it doesn't fit in with our timing.